Waste-paper basket.



A. KUNATH.

WASTE PAPER BASKET. APPLICATION FILED AUG.29, T916.' m. PmenfedAug.21,191?.

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ADINE K'UNATI-I, GF NEW YORK, N. Y.

y WASTE-PAPER BASKET.

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Patented Aug. ai, mit.

Application sied August a9, 1916. serial No. 117.441.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l., keine KU'NATH, a

subject of the German `llmperor, and a resiof comparatively few partswhich can be `readily shipped or stored while in flat condition andwhich can be readily assembled to provide ahighly ornamental and exceed-`ingly durable basket for the reception of waste paper and the like.

In order to produce the desired result, use is made of a body consistingof a sheet of flexible material adapted to be bent into tubular form,fastening devices at the ends of the sheet for fastening the said sheetends togetherin overlapping relation, supporting and retaining means onthe inner face of thesaid body near the lower end thereof, a slip coveropen at both ends and inclosing the said body, the ends of the slipcover telescoping one into the other, and a bottom held within the saidbody on the said supporting` and retaining means.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view fof the waste paper basket;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the same on the line 2-2 ofFig. 8;

Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a portion of the waste paperbasket;

Fig. l is a reduced perspective view of the body of the waste paperbasket with the supporting and retaining means attached thereto and withthe body in flat condition;

Fig. 5 is a reduced perspective view of the slip cover; and

Fig. 6 is a reduced plan view of the boti tom of the basket.

The basket or similar receptacle, in its general construction, consistsof a body 10, a slip cover 11 `and a bottom 12 held in place within thebody 10 by supporting and retaining devices 13 attached to the innerface of the bodyy 10 near the lower end thereof. The body 10 is made ofa sheet of flexible material, such as cardboard, capable of being bentinto tubular shape. The ends of the sheet forming the body 10 areprovided with fastening devices such as-socket members 14 and studmembers 15 adapted to engage one the other to fasten the ends togetherin overlapping relation, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2. The body 10extends through and is completely hidden in the slip cover' 11 made ofan outer member 16 and an inner lining 17 the outer member and thelining being fastened together at the upper and lower edges by ,stitches18. The outer member 16 is made of a fabric material which is preferablyornamented by embroidery or the like, and the upper and lower edges ofthis member 1G extends over the top and bottom edges of the sheetforming the body 10, and the lining 17 is made of a suitable fabriclining material and is preferably loose or disposed in light folds, asplainly indicated in the drawings. The lining '17 extends over thesupporting and fastening means 13 for holding the cover 11 in place. Thebottom 12 is preferably made of a stiff material 20, such as cardboardor the like, and completely covered by a fabric material 21.

Each of the supporting and fastening devices 13 is preferably in theform shown in Figs. 3 and 4t, that is, each supporting and fasteningdevice consists of a back plate 25 attached by rivets or other fasteningmeans 26 to the inside of the body sheet 10 near the lower end thereof.The attaching plate 25 is provided with a shelf 27 for the bottom 12 torest on, and from the upper end of the attaching plate 25 extendsdownwardly and inwardly a spring tongue 28 adapted to engage the top ofthe bottom 12 to hold the same securely in place and against upwardmovement. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be noticed that the lining 17is sufficiently loose tov cover the supporting and retaining devices 13and to allow the bottom 12 to engage the said devices.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the slip covers 11 may be madein variousstyles and provided with suitable and varying ornaments tosuit the taste of a customer.

.After the customer has selected the desired slip cover, the seller can4readily pull the slip cover over a body 10 while the latter is in flatcondition and then the body 10 is bent into tubular shape and the endsfastened together by the fastening members 14a and 15.

The ends of the slip cover 1l are nowrreadily drawn over the overlappingends of the body and telescoped one within theothei' so that the body l0is completely inclosed Within the slip cover. The bottom 1'2is' nextinserted .from `the top thereofyan'd pressed downward s'o 'as totemporarily press the spring tongues outwardly until the-bottom haspassed the free end of the said l0 springtong'ues and rests on top oftheshelf ,27. v Whenthe bottom reaches thiswposition the spring tongues 28return and extend'with theiry free ends abovethe top ofthe bottom l, l2ythus holding the latter i securely .in posi- A tionespecially againstfalling out, when the basket isturned upside down for emptying itscont`ents.

The waste paper basketshown and dey,scribed consists ofvcomparatively'few parts which can be shipped or stored while inliat 30 lbent into ytubular form, fastening devices at the yendsof the sheet forfastening th-esheet ends together, a slip cover` inclosing the said bodyand having an outer ornamental member and an inner lining and a bottomdetachably' held in said body.

l 2. A receptacle, comprising a body made rrrof ia." sheet of flexiblematerial adapted to be bent into tubular form, fastening devices atfthereof, a' slipl cover open at,l both ends and inclosingthe .saidbody, the` ends of the slip cover teleseoping one'iiito the other, and a`bottom held on the said supporting and i-e- .taining means. i y 8. Areceptacle, comprising a body made ofa sheet of flexible materialadapted to be vbent into tubular form, fastening devices at the ends ofthe sheet for fastening the said v sheet' ends together 'in overlappingv relation,

lsupporting andi'etaining means on the inner vface of the said body nearthe lowerend thereof, a slip cover openatboth ends and inclosing thesaid body, the ends of the slip cover telescoping one into the other,the said slip cover having an outer ornamental mem- .ber andan innerlining, the latter extending 'loosely over the said retaining means, anda bottom, engaging at'itsfedge'the saidsupporting and retaining meansand the said linino. f i Y iiD-INE KUNATH.

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